Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in India
India: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.2826 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in India, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2025, digital services trade restrictiveness index in India stood at 0.2826 Index. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 42.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in India peaked at 0.2826 Index in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.1593 Index, in 2014.
That places India 36th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in India, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.1593 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.199 Index | +24.9% |
| 2016 | 0.2429 Index | +22.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2826 Index | +16.3% |
| 2018 | 0.2826 Index | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2826 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2826 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2826 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2826 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2826 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2826 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.2826 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2415 Index | 0.1593 Index | 0.2826 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.2826 Index | 0.2826 Index | 0.2826 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
More economy & growth data for India
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 5.66 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 6.5 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual -5.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 4.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0922 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 249.25 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 7.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 8.05 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 21,766 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0081 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in India?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in India was 0.2826 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2826 Index in 2017.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1593 Index in 2014.
- How does India rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- India ranks 36th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The OECD Digital STRI identifies, catalogues and quantifies barriers that affect trade in digitally enabled services across 129 countries. It provides policy makers with an evidence-based tool that helps to identify regulatory bottlenecks, design policies that foster more competitive and diversified markets for digital trade, and analyze the impact of policy reforms. The OECD Digital STRI captures cross-cutting impediments that affect all types of services traded digitally. As a stand-alone instrument, it complements the OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI). A zip file containing the OECD Digital STRI indices for all countries available over 2014-2025 can be downloaded here: OECD Digital STRI 2014-2025